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Para poder abastecer al mercado del país vecino, Farm Frites reemplazó las papas prefritas que produce en su filial argentina por otras europeas, más caras por los costos de flete. Las trabas impuestas al comercio bilateral implementadas por Argentina...

Boulder Canyon™ Natural Foods, the fastest-growing kettle chip brand in the United States, introduces a Canyon Cut line of kettle cooked, ridged potato chips this month.

Steps are being taken to ensure late blight innoculum is not introduced to the potato crop through tomatoes and other plants sold at greenhouses and gardening centres in Canada's Manitoba province.

Alan Jones, president and owner of Jones Potato Farm in Parrish, Florida, understands companies will have to attempt to do more with less in today's economy.

El Viceministro de Desarrollo Rural y Agropecuario, Víctor Hugo Vásquez, informó el viernes que Bolivia exportará alrededor de 425.000 semillas de papa a Brasil por un valor de 61.000 dólares. "Hoy estamos exportando algo más de 425.000 tubérculo...

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The McCain Foods plant in Florenceville will be shut down for part of the summer. Due to a shortage of potatoes, the company will be shutting down operations beginning June 18 until after the long weekend of July 1. Calla Farn, vice-president of publ...

McCain Foods Canada is temporarily shutting down a potato processing plant in Grand Falls, New Brunswick, a decision that will affect 120 workers.

PepsiCo's Frito-Lay North America division recently announced a multi-year initiative to validate many of their products as gluten free, with package labeling to follow.

Researchers found that inserting colored potato chips at regular intervals in stackable potato chips caused people to eat fewer chips overall.

The United States Potato Board (USPB) International Marketing program provided Lamb-Weston distributors in Mexico a full day of training as part of their annual conference.

Kellogg Company (NYSE: K) announced on May 31, 2012 the completion of its acquisition of Procter &Gamble's Pringles® business. The $ 2.695 billion acquisition further strengthens Kellogg Company's competitive position in global snacks, making Kell...

Potandon Produce is pleased to announce that the newest addition to its growing family of Klondike Brands, Klondike Goldust Express will be available early June 2012.

Last week, National Potato Council (NPC) Executive Vice President and CEO John Keeling met with Mexico's Ambassador to the United States Arturo Sarukhan to discuss access to the Mexican potato market for fresh U.S.

Posie Packer Corp, is pleased to announce that Novatech Packaging Systems Inc. has been appointed as a sales and service dealer for the Posie Packer produce bag labeling machine for Southern California.

The Plant Pathology Department at North Dakota State University will again be providing the potato Blightline service at no charge to the potato industry of North Dakota and western Minnesota in 2012.

JBT Corporation (NYSE: JBT) announced today that its JBT FoodTech business has purchased the rotary sterilization technology from H.G. Molenaar &Co (Pty) Ltd., headquartered in Paarl, South Africa. Molenaar is a family-owned and operated company t...

Heavy rains recently have increased risk of rot in some areas of Florida's potato fields.